Lesson 46. Really? That's Amazing!

Listen and notice the intonation where it is marked in the text. Important new parts of the story often have this intonation: ↓Less important parts, or things we know about already, often have this intonation: ↑.

I was walking along the street↑ one day, on Tuesday↑, I think, and I saw
a wallet↓ on the pavement↓. Well↓, I picked it up↑ and I thought: I'll
take it to the police↓, and I was in a hurry↓, you see↑, so I put it in mybag↑ and forgot↓ about it. And I went to work↑, as usual↑, and did the
shopping↑, you know↑, and went home↑ and then↑ I remembered the wallet↓.
Anyway↓, I took it out of my bag↑ and had a look inside↑, and there was
some money↑, and some cards↑, and tickets↑ and so↑ on, and a photo↓, and I
looked↓at the photo↑ and suddenly↑ I thought: I know↓him↑ It was an
old friend↓ from school↓, you see↑ and the last time I saw↑ him was years↓ago. Well↓, I looked in the wallet↑ and found his phone↑ number and phoned↓him, and he was pretty surprised↑, of соursе↑, but he remembered↓ me,
and we're going to meet↓ tomorrow↓.Listen again and repeat.

Listen and repeat these phrases - be careful with the intonation.Oh?↑ Sorry?↑ What did you do?↓ That's great!↓Really?↑ Whatt did you say?↑ What happened?↓ That's amazing!↓Was it?↑ Yes.↑ That's terrible!↓Did you?↑

This time A is telling the story and В is listening. Listen and notice the intonation in B's sentences.A: I was walking along the street↑ one day, on Tuesday↑, I think, and I saw
a wallet↓ on the pavement↓. B: Sorry↑? What↑ did you say?A: I saw
a wallet↓ on the pavement↓. B: Oh↑? What did you do↓?A: Well↓, I picked it up↑ and I thought: I'll
take it to the police↓, and I was in a hurry↓, you see↑, so I put it in mybag↑ and forgot↓ about it. And I went to work↑, as usual↑, and did the
shopping↑, you know↑...B: Yes↑.A: ... and went home↑ and then↑ I remembered the wallet↓.
Anyway↓, I took it out of my bag↑ and had a look inside↑, and there was
some money↑, and some cards↑, and tickets↑ and so↑ on, and a photo↓, and I
looked↓at the photo↑ and suddenly↑ I thought: I know↓him↑!B: Really↑? A: It was an
old friend↓ from school↓, you see↑ and the last time I saw↑ him was years↓ago. B: Was↑ it?A: Yes. Well↓, I looked in the wallet↑ and found his phone↑ number and phoned↓him, and he was pretty surprised↑, of соursе↑, but he remembered↓ me,
and we're going to meet↓ tomorrow↓.B: That's great↓!

A: I was lying in bed↑ last night, round about midnight↑, and I heard a knock at the door↓.B: Oh↑? ___________Did you↑?A: Yes↓, and I thought, "That's unusual.↑ ".B: ___________What did you do↓?A: Well↓, I went downstairs↑, and looked through the window↑, and it was dark↑,
of course↑, but I could see a bus↓ in the street, with its lights↑ off and
no passengers↑, and a man↓ standing at my door, with a sort of
official-looking cap ↓ on his head.B: ___________Sorry↑?A: A cap↓, you know, like bus↓ drivers wear.B: Oh↓, I see↓. ___________What happened↓?A: Well↓,
I opened the door↑, and he said, 'Mr Johnson↑?', and I said, 'Yes↑?' And
he said, 'Here's your wallet↓. I finished work↓ at midnight↑ and I found↓it on my bus↓.' What do you think about that?B: ___________That's amazing↓!

Listen to check your answers. (Different answers are possible. There is
one possible version on the recording and in the Key.) Read B's part
together with the recording. Then read A's part together with the
recording.